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PHOTO ESSAY: POPE FRANCIS IN CUBA

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE     9/21/2015

Following is a selection of images taken by Catholic News Service photographer Paul Haring as he traveled with the Pope through Cuba yesterday.

 

POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH CUBA'S FORMER PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO AT HIS HOME IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO)

Pope Francis meets with Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro at his home in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano)

 

 

 

POPE FRANCIS POSES WITH CUBA'S PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO DURING IN THE PALACE OF THE REVOLUTION IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

Pope Francis poses with Cuba’s President Raul Castro during in the Palace of the Revolution in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

 

POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE FATHER FELIX VARELA CULTURAL CENTER IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

Pope Francis meets with young people outside the Father Felix Varela cultural center in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

 

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES FOR VESPERS WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND SEMINARIANS AT THE CATHEDRAL IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

 

Pope Francis arrives for vespers with priests, religious and seminarians at the cathedral in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

POPE FRANCIS CELEBRATES VESPERS WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND SEMINARIANS AT THE CATHEDRAL IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

Pope Francis celebrates vespers with priests, religious and seminarians at the cathedral in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

 

A YOUNG WOMAN WATCHES FROM A TREE AS SHE WAITS FOR POPE FRANCIS TO ARRIVE FOR A MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE FATHER FELIX VARELA CULTURAL CENTER IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

A young woman watches from a tree as she waits for Pope Francis to arrive for a meeting with young people at the Father Felix Varela cultural center in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOS OF POPE FRANCIS DURING HIS MEETING WITH YOUTHS AT THE FATHER FELIX VARELA CULTURAL CENTER IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

People take photos of Pope Francis during his meeting with youths at the Father Felix Varela cultural center in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

 

 

 

POPE FRANCIS CELEBRATES VESPERS WITH PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND SEMINARIANS AT THE CATHEDRAL IN HAVANA SEPT. 20. (CNS PHOTO/PAUL HARING)

Pope Francis celebrates vespers with priests, religious and seminarians at the cathedral in Havana Sept. 20. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)